Stereoscopic display systems and methods for displaying surgical data and information in a surgical microscope

1. A stereoscopic display system comprising:

a display comprising first and second display portions, with an optical system configured to display one or more first images in a first eye interface, and configured to display one or more second images in a second eye interface, and wherein the one or more first images and the one or more second images are projected along a first pathway and a second pathway, respectively;

a first optical element positioned to receive both images projected along both pathways, configured to only allow the one or more first images to pass into the first eye interface; and

a second optical element positioned to receive both images projected along both pathways, configured to only allow the one or more second images to pass into the second eye interface.

2. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first and second images are transmitted through the first optical element before being reflected by the second optical element.

3. The stereoscopic display system of claim 2 , wherein the first and second optical elements are tilted with respect to each other so as to direct the one or more first images and one or more second images into the first and second eye interfaces, respectively.

4. The stereoscopic display system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more first images are blocked from the second eye interface by a first optical aperture, and wherein the one or more second images are blocked from the first eye interface by a second optical aperture.

5. The stereoscopic display system of claim 4 , wherein the first optical aperture is the aperture of the second eye interface or any suitable aperture, and wherein the second eye interface is the aperture of the first eye interface or any suitable aperture.

6. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the display is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) micro display, a digital light processing (DLP) micro display, a liquid crystal micro display (LCD), liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) micro display or any suitable type of display.

7. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first images and/or the one or more second images comprise optical coherence tomography (OCT) images or any suitable images.

8. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , further comprising a microscope operably connected to the first and second display portions, and configured to transfer first and second images of a sample to the display portions.

9. The stereoscopic display system of claim 8 , wherein the movement tracking equipment comprises a head tracker configured to track movement of the head of the user.

10. The stereoscopic display system of claim 8 , wherein the images comprise images of a surgical field, and

wherein the controller is configured to alter views shown in the images based on the tracked movement.

11. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , further comprising an objective lens operably positioned along the first and second pathways between the display and the first and second beamsplitters.

12. The stereoscopic display system of claim 11 , wherein the objective lens is a triplet lens or any suitable lens.

13. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the first optical element and the second optical element are angled relative to each other and the rest of the optical elements.

14. The stereoscopic display system of claim 13 , wherein the angle is 3±0.5 degrees or any suitable angle relative to each other and 1.5±0.25 degrees or any suitable angle relative to other optical elements.

15. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the two optical elements are positioned in microscope's left and right optical path, respectively and are on the same horizontal plane with the micro display and focusing lens.

16. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , further comprising:

movement tracking equipment configured to track movement of a user; and

a controller operably connected to the display and configured to alter images displayed by the first display portion and the second display portion based on the tracked movement.

17. The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the stereoscopic display system may also be incorporated into a head-mounted display unit or any suitable viewing devices intended for medical, industrial, or entertainment use.